Tag Archives: hubris

Team We

By TechKnow | October 1, 2011

Even when I have been the sole developer in a class, interface, module, library, or feature I try to always report progress as “We.” For defects and issues it’s always easy to point out the fault and personalize the problem when it was caused by someone else. Avoid naming names or singling out an individual. [...]

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PHP Creator is a Terrible Coder

By TechKnow | April 23, 2010

Rasmus Lerdorf, the Danish creator of the PHP programming language, recently tweeted the following bit of hubris. For all the folks getting excited about my quotes. Here is another – Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :) That sounds like something that DHH would say, who also [...]

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